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DANIEL AND THE REVELATION-Uriah Smith
~The Response of History to the Revelation~
Appendix
defended in his lectures and writings. His
prudence aided the promulgation of
Protestant doctrines greatly, as it guarded
them from the abuses of intemperate zeal. His
greatest work was the drawing up of the
Augsburg Confession, although he was a fluent
writer, and was the author of the first system
of Protestant theology, which passed through
more than fifty editions, and was used as a
text-book in the universities. His learning and
moderation became famous throughout all
Europe, and the kings of England and France
invited him to their kingdoms; but he
preferred to remain at Wittenberg, where he
died in 1560.
Ulric Zwingli, whose name in the annals of
Protestant reformers ranks second only to
that of Luther, was born in 1484. As he early
